Family treasure medallion sparks a tense romance
In a troubled household the Brudds guard a jeweled portrait of Queen Victoria. Mr. Brudd plans to inspect the piece in town while daughter Violet clashes over inheritance with artist Matlock. A missing medallion and wedding hopes threaten the family dynamic.
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Brudds
Queen Victoria
Hoss
Mr. Bradd
Mr. Matlock
Violet
Mrs. Brudd
Grandmamma
Mr. Mathock
Mr. Brudd
Medallion Mystery Ends in Quick Marriage Plot Turn
Mrs Brudd and Violet confront a missing medallion as Mr Brudd’s deception unravels. Matlock reveals a broken ivory fragment found in the drawing room and proposes a staged solution including a new portrait and a rapid marriage to transfer ownership. Brudd consents to an engagement for Violet to placate the crisis, ensuring a double set of ivory medallions, one repaired and one copied.
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Mr. Bradd
Mrs. Brudd
Mr. Brudd
Mr. Matlock
Charles
Matlock
Violet
Mnan
Wais
Orna
Long distance ride by M Cottu covers 785 miles in twelve days
French rider M Charlie Cottu completed a 785 mile journey from Vienna to Paris in twelve days and fourteen hours on a single horse named Trish Lass. He trained the mare carefully, kept speeds low to avoid overheating, and detailed daily routines of rest feeding and grooming.
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M. Cottu
M. Charlie Cottu
Vienna
Paris
TSS
Cottu
Trish Lass
Lev
Park
English immigration warned by Montevideo correspondent
A Montevideo correspondent argues against English and American immigration to the country. He notes language and religious differences, low wages, labor competition from Italians and French, and a market glutted with inferior native products. He cautions capital is needed and warns colonies of English speakers have failed.
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United States
Sonsul
Montevideo
Europe
Italy
America
Britain
Republic
New York
London
England
Law Interpretations Across Rail and Telegraph Cases
The text surveys several legal rulings: a telegraph firm liable for punitive damages in a malicious telegram case, damages denied for a sudden passenger death in a railroad wreck, railroad power to cross public roads not extending to branch lines, and non resident creditors’ rights in receivership across states, including Linnville v Hadden.
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Peterson
Western Union Telegraph Company
Minn
L. R.A. Nd
Sweetland
Chicago and Grand Trunk Railroad Company
Mich
St Paul and
D. R. Co
Duluth
L. RR. A
Linnville
Hadden
World facts and discoveries in brief report
The report covers Cholock Cascade at Yosemite as the world’s highest waterfall, phosphorescence from decaying wood due to vegetation, and luminous fungus growth. It notes elephants’ sensitive skin, insect annoyance, steel sheet impermeability at Navy Yard, and glass light transmission. It lists gender ratios in France Switzerland and Greece, appalling Hong Kong conditions, and debates Everest’s height with Tibetans. It also reports a ninth Saturn satellite found by Harvard, its faint magnitude, distance, and the famous Saturnian moons and rings.
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Cholock Cascade
Yosemite
Cal
United States Navy Yard
Washington
France
Switzerland
Greece
Hong Kong
Earth
Mount
Everest
Himalayas
India
L. A. Waddell
Stillortier
Waddell
Mount Everest
Pickering
Harvard Observatory
Boud
Isis
Bruce
Harvard
Arequipa
Peru
Saturn
Cat That Ate Canary and Parrot Shocks Owner
A humorous Tit-Bits quip recalls a caregiver confessing to forgetting to feed the cat who instead ate the canary and parrot. The exchange ends with relief that the pets did not suffer.
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Tors, Brudd
LOS
South America
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